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SpaceX Starship Acustic / Sound Suppression System[edit]
For the fist SpaceX Starship Rocket launch, the pad does not appear to have water based Acoustic / Sound Suppression System installed.
A NASASpaceflight YouTube Video at 2 minutes, "How Will SpaceX Stop Starship From Destroying Its Launch Pad?"
reports on a water deluge system is being installed on the Startship Florida Launch Pad.
The Video refers to the "Draft Environmental Assessment for the SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy Launch Vehicle at Kennedy Space Center (KSC)," PDF Page-27, <https://netspublic.grc.nasa.gov/main/20190801_Final_DRAFT_EA_SpaceX_Starship.pdf>,
"A new deluge water system and water-cooled diverter would be installed and comprised of new water tanks capable of
delivering the necessary water pressure.... approximately 3,000 kiloliter (kl) [collect in an] impervious water retention pond..."
Also, here is a paper reporting on the SLS Launch, "Space Launch System acoustics: Far-field noise measurements of the Artemis-I launch" JASA Express Letters 3, 023601 (2023); <https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0016878>.
How does the size of the Starship deluge water system compare to the one used on the SLS Launch Pad?
Will the lack of a Sound Suppression System on the Texas Launch Pad cause a lost of the Starship Rocket before it clears the pad or degrade it causing a later failure?
dond (talk) 13:59, 17 April 2023 (UTC)